Title The overflowing of friendship : love between men and the creation of the American republic / Richard Godbeer

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) Contents "The friend of my bosom": a Philadelphian love story -- "A settled portion of my happiness": friendship, sentiment, and eighteenth-century manhood -- "The best blessing we know": male love and spiritual communion in early America -- "A band of brothers": fraternal love in the Continental Army -- "The overflowing of friendship": friends, brothers, and citizens in a republic of sympathy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-246) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Men -- United States -- History -- 18th century Male friendship -- United States -- History -- 18th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies. Male friendship Manners and customs Men SUBJECT United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140531 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780801895364 0801895367

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